Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-06-17

The project of establishing in New York
city great Episcopal cathedral for which
as early as 1873, II prominent New York
clergymen and laymen took out charter
has been revived by Bishop Henry G. Pot
ter, and commended to the public by him
in an exceedingly interesting and forci.
BILE letter. The project is to build truly
great Protestant church edlfice, which
shall be worthy to rank with the great
English calhedrals. 1t is to cost six mil
lions and will stand Gin the great and
busy centre of nations life. sanctuary
worthy of great peoples deepest faith -
1t is to be a centre not only of Christian
worship, but of Christian work. OF this
practical side of the project the Bishop
says:
1T would be the peoples church, in which
no r. served rights could he bought, hired, or
held on any preteXt whatever.
Ut would be ,e rightful centre of pract =
cal phlanthropie having fo ndat ons or en-
dowments FOR the mission wOtk of great
city, aud espet Tally for the educ atom OF skill
ed teachers and workers in intelligent as well
as emotional sympathy with our great social
problems
ut would haze pulpit in which the best
preachers within its CONF and from all parts
of the land and of various schools OF Thought
would have place aud OF ortuniIy, thus
bringing the people OF a great metrODulis
into touch with the strongest AMI most help.
iul IN nds OF the age, and atfordlng p resenta.
lions OF truth WIDER deeper, aud larger than
those OF any individual teacher.
1T would be he fitting shrine of memorials
OF our hOnored dead, the h. rOes, leaders and
helpers whose names I'VE adorned the annals
OF our country. and whose monuments would
vividly recall their virtues and services
and, fl ually, it would tell to all men every
where the Ii e is more than meat, a1d the
body than IA ment,' that man is after l. a
child needing guidance, comfort and pardon
ard that he best lives here who lives IN the
INSPIRATION o an unseen Lea1er and of an
immortal hope"
In the conclusion of his letter the Risb.
op said that while "such building would
OF necessity require to be administered by
the church under whose control 1t would
be reared, its welcome would be for all
men, of whatever fellowship, and its in.
fuence would be felt in the interests of
one common Christianity throughout the
whole land AS such he commended the
undertaking to the cooperation of all
those whom his words might reach.
The new structure is to be called the
Cathedral of St John the Divine. 1t is to
be, not one building, but range or group
of buildings, the cathedral being the cen
ire of the educational and charitable in
situations conducted by the church The
site has not yet been chosen. Several
hundred thousand dollars have already
been subscribed, and not all of it by men,
beers of the Protestant Episcopal church.
Mr.. ID. Willis James, who Is a Pretbv.
terrain, has put his name down for 500
600
In talking with representative, of the
Chrtsttdn Union, Bishop Potter disclaim-
ed the idea that the new cathedral was in
any way to emphasize the iturgical side
OF worship or revive the sacerdotal func-
tlon or the Christian ministry. Its cere.
monial is to be characterized by simplici- !
~ Its especial mention is to be to organ
ne the practical work of the church and
bring about Christian union. In such a
mission the enterprise may well claim the
support OF all believers in the church uni
versal